Division of Bihar: RJD appeal

By Our Staff Correspondent

PATNA, MAY 5. Even as the Bihar Reorganisation Bill, 2000, is likely to be sent back to the President soon with the opinion of the State Legislature, the working president of the ruling RJD, Dr. Ranjan Prasad Yadav, today appealed to all political parties to reconsider their stand in the greater interest of the State.Mr. Yadav maintained that the consequences of bifurcating the State would be disastrous to both the regions and it was imperative for MPs and MLAs of the RJD, Congress(I), Samata Party and JD(U) to consider the issue with a cool head.

He said that the RJD had been handicapped in implementing its stand for a unified Bihar as it had failed to receive the required mandate in this regard. He said that since the mandate had not gone in its favour, the RJD had little option but to support the Bill in the Legislature.

Mr. Yadav maintained that it was his personal opinion that it was not too late even now for all concerned to take broad view of the situation in the light of the fact that the division of Bihar would give filip to the movements in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh and that the experience of dividing Assam into smaller States had not solved the regions problems.

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